Genealogy, History, Heritage, How To
I have the perfect topic for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. I don’t even have to ponder what to write about. My best find in May is learning that Nellie Jones was Helen Phelps…and Nell Phelps…and Lottie Phelps. For a few years, I’ve been trying to figure out what happened to the descendants of John Charles…
I had to put on my thinking cap (or was it my mortar board?) for this week’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. I wanted to write about the first graduate in my tree, but I wasn’t sure who that was. I was aware that the majority of my immigrant ancestors were illiterate. Only the…
Randy Seaver has a new challenge up for this week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. This week the focus is ancestor occupations. I’ll start with my parents like Randy did and work back to my great great grandparents. After that the information on occupations is limited. My Dad (1927-2010) 1958-1989 Safeway bakery line worker and roofing…
Being a regular blogger makes it difficult to find topics that I haven’t already touched for weekly challenges. This week’s theme for the 52 Ancestors challenge is Military. So far, I haven’t found many ancestors who were in the military who I haven’t already expounded upon already. As I’ve recently found new information on Felicianno…
Years ago, a friend sent me this photograph. I honestly have no clue where the photograph originates from. But, it is a tribute to the forgotten history of the sugar plantation era. Women worked on the plantations alongside their male counterparts. Their labor made a major contribution to the sugar plantation era. The photograph is…